nascar has indeed reached a point of crossroads. they have a new car, but they are alienating fans. they are punishing cheaters, but they are still racing. they are driving for diversity, but only drivers with diverse portfolios behind them are driving. the sport is getting richer, but its fathers poorer.
thatsracin.com's and the charlotte observer's david poole discussed the issues today on his SIRIUS radio show, and it was later transcribed to the web site. his "state of the sport" address, coming before the politcally correct and nothing address of the same variety by nascar head brian france, covered nearly everything that fans are seeing as crucial today that nascar has yet to cover.
his main concerns: less year-round emphasis on the championship, if you cheat you're out for a week, no more "winner's circle" type programs to reward teams -- just pay them for racing, make winning a bigger priority with higher race purses and more points, take care of the drivers from the 50's, 60's, 70's who got the sport to where it is, and make it easier for fans to go to races.
at what point is brian france going to take notice? when he is going to realize that fans are going to start leaving in droves when the price of a nascar weekend continues to rise and the access to drivers declines? the blatant disregard for what got him that job in favor of running an entertainment complex will evantually destroy this sport.
hopefully, he'll listen.
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